Eric and Leslie Dyches: Losing Loved Ones to Mental Illness

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Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

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🗓️ 7 October 2020

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Eric Dyches and Leslie Huntsman Dyches both lost spouses to battles with mental health. In the midst of postpartum anxiety and depression, Eric's wife Emily Cook Dyches ran in front of a semitruck. Leslie also lost her husband Chad after a 14-year battle with depression and anxiety. Now, the two have joined their families—including their collective eight children—and are honoring the memory of their late spouses by speaking out about mental health.

"Somehow, God provides a way for hearts to love."

Show Notes

1:48- Two Families
7:29- “Due to Mental Illness”
10:50- Dealing with the Unknown
13:40- Turning Outward
16:26- Every Experience is Preparation
19:20- Grief-A Positive and Negative Power
25:36- Two Families Becoming One
36:39- Remarriage
44:47- “The Picture on the Nightstand Is Not Enough”
48:56- An Ongoing Challenge
53:05- What Does It Mean To Be “All In” the gospel of Jesus Christ?

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0:00.0	Emily Cook-Dikes had just given birth to her fifth child when she began suffering from
0:05.7	severe postpartum anxiety.
0:08.7	She was treated for the illness for several months.
0:11.7	Her family sought out all available resources but on the afternoon of February 24th, 2016,
0:18.4	while riding as a passenger in a car on the inner state.
0:22.0	She experienced a major panic attack, exited the vehicle running into oncoming traffic.
0:28.0	She was killed on impact.
0:30.1	Chad Huntsman was a former college football player who for many years battled anxiety and depression.
0:36.6	He was married to the love of his life, Leslie, and the two had three children.
0:41.6	But on April 7th, 2015, Chad lost his life to mental illness.
0:47.8	Leslie originally reached out to Eric Dykes who was working following his wife Emily's
0:52.9	death to improve resources and information surrounding mental health because she felt
0:58.8	a desire to share her husband, Chad's story.
1:02.3	Today, Leslie Huntsman Dykes and Eric Dykes are married and raising their collective
1:07.7	eight children who range in age from a missionary to a kindergartener.
1:16.5	This is All-in, an LDS living podcast where we ask the question, what does it really
1:21.0	mean to be All-in the gospel of Jesus Christ?
1:24.0	I'm Morgan Jones and I am so excited to have Eric Dykes and his wife Leslie Huntsman
1:29.8	Dykes with me today.
1:31.5	Welcome.
1:32.5	Thank you.
1:33.5	It's a pleasure.
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